This research guide relays some basic information on library and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this department, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites on the World Wide Web.

1. To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library of Congress Subject Divisions)

Books on subjects associated with this field are shelved under the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT to search for specific items in the collection, or more narrowly-defined subjects.

Management:  HD28-HD70 ------- Entrepreneurship, HB615 ------- Strategic Planning, HD30.28 ------- Organizational Behavior, HD58.7 ------- Total Quality Management, HD62.15 ------- International business enterprises, HD62.4 ------- Industrial Relations, HD6958.5-HD6971 ------- Personnel management, HF5549-HF5549.5 ------- Compensation Management, HF5549.5C67 ------- Employees, Training of, HF5549.5T7 ------- Business Law, KF871-KF890 ------- Production management, TS155 ------- Production Planning, TS176

2. To Find Journal and Magazine Articles (using indexing/abstracting/full-text services)

The following services are recommended for courses for first-year students and non-majors:

• ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest)- Index with abstracts of over 550,000 articles in nearly 1500 global business periodicals; 700 full text titles with coverage back to 1991/92 and indexing back to 1971.
• Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost) KYVL- Index with full text for more than 2300 global business journals, including full text for more than 1100 peer-reviewed titles.
• Google Scholar: A free Web-based Google service that restricts searches to the scholarly literature. Now features linking to full-text of articles held by WKU.
• Wall Street Journal (Full-text in ABI/INFORM)- Wall Street journal articles, Eastern edition, 1984-Current. Subject/date/other indexing.

The following services are recommended for use by advanced students and researchers:

• Hoover's Company Reports (LexisNexis Academic Business Company Profiles)- In-depth historical/financial coverage of 40,000 public and private companies.
• Mergent Online- Global company data, including business and financial information, company news, and SEC filings.
• PsycINFO 1887-Present (EBSCOhost) KYVL- American Psychological Association’s index/abstracting database for over 1,000,000 articles in 1500 global journals, as well as dissertations, books.
• Standard & Poor's Corporate Descriptions-(LexisNexis Academic Business Company Profiles): Profiles and news on more than 9300 U.S. public companies.

Special resource:  Business Reference Information in the WKU Libraries [Basic catalogs, databses, and print resources for business disciplines available in the WKU Libraries.]
Special resource:  TDNet Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries' electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as some indexes and databases containing full-text articles; includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of titles]

3. Monographic Reference Works in Helm Library

The following are recommended for use:

• Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology- Study of human behavior in industry, work environment.  Helm Library Reference Room Business Alcove Ref HF 5548.8.E498
• Encyclopedia of Small Business- Study of nearly 5.8 million firms with fewer than 100 employees and nearly 19 million businesses that do not have hired help- Helm Library Reference Room Business Alcove Ref HQ 62.7H553
• International Directory of Company Histories 1988-Present- Historical development of over 8,650 of the world's most important companies.  Helm Library Reference Room Business Alcove Ref HD2721.I63
• Occupational Outlook Handbook- reference for occupations: nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training, job outlook, earnings, related occupations-Helm Library Reference Desk- L2.314:2004-05
• Other management sources are available in Reference, mainly in the HD28-HD70 part of the collection.

4. Department of Management

Management Faculty:  http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/gfcb/management/faculty/faculty.html

5. Related Professional Societies (for professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)

• The Academy of Management http://www.aomonline.org
• American Society for Training and Development http://www.astd.org/
• Business Ethics http://www.web-miner.com/busethics.htm
• Strategic Management Society http://www.smsweb.org/
• The Society for CI Professionals http://www.scip.org/
• Society for Human Resources Management http://www.shrm.org/

6. Web Sites Recommended by Management Faculty

• Advertising Age http://www.adage.com/
• CEO Exchange http://www.ceoexchange.com/
• The CEO Refresher http://www.refresher.com/
• Media Finder http://www.mediafinder.com/
• Prime Strategies http://www.primestrategies.com/
• Strategy Leader http://www.strategyleader.com/

Business Address and Phone Books

• Anywho http://www.anywho.com
• SuperPages.com http://www.superpages.com/
• Switchboard http://www.switchboard.com/

Entrepreneurship

• Entrepreneur http://www.entrepreneur.com/
• The Garage http://www.garage.com/
• Money Hunt http://www.moneyhunter.com/

Business News Sources

• Lycos Small Business http://www.tripod.lycos.com/smallbiz/index.html

Web Marketing Trends

• ClickZ Network http://www.clickz.com/

Patent Searches

• Delphion [patents] http://www.delphion.com/
• Patent Café http://www.patentcafe.com

Country Info

• Background Notes (U.S. State Department) http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
• CIA World FactBook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
• Portals to the World (Library of Congress) http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

Directories

• Europages - The European Business Directory [search 500,000 companies] http://www.europages.com/
• Thomas Global Register [500,000+ companies worldwide] http://www.tgrnet.com/
• The Transportation Directory http://www.transport911.com/

International Equity Investing

• Annual Reports Online http://www.zpub.com/sf/arl/arl-www.html
• CAROL: Company Annual Reports On Line - International http://www.carol.co.uk/
• Fortune 500 2007 http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2007/
• Researching Companies Online ['how to go about' instructions] http://www.learnwebskills.com/company/

Super Sites

• European Union Information http://www.europeanunion.promotion.org.pl/
• International Statistical Agencies (U.S. Census Bureau) http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
• VIBES: Virtual International Business and Economics Sources http://libweb.uncc.edu/ref-bus/vibehome.htm

University Libraries Liason: Gay Helen Perkins (x6176 / gay.perkins@wku.edu) Last updated 4/12/2008
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